Agile project management is simply shifting the world of project management at its core, and there's a reason why. With an approach to projects that is quite different from the traditional waterfall methodology, agile project management focuses on adding value fast while staying on track to achieve a defined business goal.

Scrum QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Scrum

Completing a project as a team is one the fundamental elements of the current professional climate. Getting internal and external projects, ranging from the IT sector to the construction development, to work together efficiently and effectively is a common challenge faced by almost every organization. Fortunately, management architects have developed multiple strategies to tackle projects. One of the most highly adopted is the scrum method.

You have a limited amount of time to create software, especially when you’re given a deadline, self-imposed or not. You’ll want to make sure that the software you build is at least decent but more importantly, on time. How do you balance quality with time? This audiobook dives into these very important topics. After listening to Scrum Essentials, you will know about scrum roles, sprints, scrum artifacts, and much more.

Agile Project Management & Scrum QuickStart Guides

The ultimate companion for professionals interested or involved in Agile and Scrum, this book will give you a holistic, well-balanced introduction to both subjects while discussing their integration and synergy!

The Power of Scrum, in the Real World, for the Agile Scrum Master, Product Owner, Stakeholder and Development Team

Scrum is a simple framework that allows us to complete projects, continuously improve and get an early return on investment. Whether you are a scrum master, product owner, team member, business stakeholder or simply someone who wants to understand what makes scrum tick, this book is for you.

I know you will get value from this class, as its information has been successfully used by many students in order to pass the PSM 1 Exam. I will walk you step-by-step through agile scrum so that you have an excellent foundation. Following the explanation of each concept, I give you tips for passing the PSM 1 exam and even for using scrum in your team or business from the ground up. Along the way, I give you plenty of examples and finally I give you the links you can use to sit the practice open assessment.

Scrum

By the man who helped invent the red-hot management process known as "Scrum", Scrum unveils what is wrong with the way we currently do work, and how a simple set of principles, applied in exactly the right sequence, can accelerate productivity and quality as much as 1200 percent. Scrum (which gets its name from the formation in rugby in which the whole team locks its arms to gain control of the ball) is the reason that Amazon can launch a new feature on its website every day.

The agile practice is only one of the many iterative methods devised by development leaders in the past. Fundamentally speaking, iterative methods opposed the overly-incremental approach of the waterfall method by using a multitude of smaller phases. These phases encompass the main parts of the waterfall method (requirement, design, implementation, verification, and maintenance); but done so in smaller, more frequent increments.

Confessions of a Scrum Master: For the Agile Scrum Master, Product Owner, Stakeholder and Development Team, Book 1

Scrum is a simple framework that allows us to complete projects, continuously improve, and get an early return on investment. I wrote this book because I have found that my experiences and mistakes are also valuable to others. This is because they allow others to foresee some situations before they occur and benefit from my experience.

Waterfall methodology is part of the linear, scope-driven lifecycles family of approaches. As it is the manifestation of the command-and-control organization, it is highly prescriptive. Almost all organizations using the methodology have a similar set of processes, mostly based on the PMBOK (more on that later).

The road to becoming a professional scrum master is exciting and challenging. Therefore, I know you will get value from this class, as it gives you a full introduction to the concept of the scrum master. I then walk you step by step through the differences between a scrum master and a traditional project manager. Following this, I give you tips for improving your effectiveness as a scrum master as well as coaching both product owners and development teams.

Publisher's Summary

Scrum is a simple framework that allows us to complete projects, continuously improve, and get an early return on investment.

I wrote this text as a certified scrum master with experience in international blue chip companies dating back to 1999. That experience includes leading projects for the BBC, General Electric, Oracle, BSkyB, HiT Entertainment (responsible for Angelina Ballerina, Bob the Builder, and other titles that you love watching with your kids or siblings but won't admit to), and Razorfish. These roles have all involved leadership on a wealth of mobile, Internet TV, and web software projects. I have played the role of scrum master and, in the earlier years, of team lead and technical lead. I have had the privilege of running projects and rolling out working practices in market leading organizations from start to finish.

As I am sure you can imagine, becoming a scrum master involves far more than simply understanding the scrum rules. For me, becoming a scrum master was a journey that began with regular project-work and ended with the ability to coach others based on my experiences of doing things with and without scrum. The purpose of this book is to guide a potential scrum master through the steps I recommend, explaining why those steps are important.

By the time you have listened to this book you will be given:

An excellent set of steps to follow if you want to become a scrum master

Examples of the kind of experiences that helped me to become a scrum master

I thought that this book would be practical advice on how to implement scrum and also how to manage a scrum team as the scrum master, but it was just some guy talking about his own personal career and trying to sell you his other products. If you are looking for a practical guide to how to be a scrum master, skip this book.